China Iron and Steel Association: the average daily output of crude steel of key steel enterprises decreased by 0.04% from 2.1602 million tons in late August.

Published: Sep 4, 2020 09:56
Source: China Iron and Steel Association

SMM News: in late August 2020, iron and steel enterprises produced a total of 23.7622 million tons of crude steel, 21.1852 million tons of pig iron, 24.1299 million tons of steel and 3.5701 million tons of coke. The average daily output of this ten-day period is 2.1602 million tons of crude steel, a decrease of 0.04% from the previous month and an increase of 7.16% over the same period last year; pig iron is 1.9259 million tons, up 1.03% from the previous month and 6.20% over the same period last year; and steel is 2.1936 million tons, up 6.08% from the previous month and 10.04% over the same period last year.

This month, key statistics are as follows: the cumulative average daily output of crude steel in iron and steel enterprises is 2.1483 million tons, down 0.03% from the previous month, up 5.40% from the same period last year; pig iron is 1.9168 million tons, down 0.15% from the previous month, up 5.75% from the same period last year; and steel products are 2.0903 million tons, up 0.92% from the previous month and 7.14% over the same period last

According to the output estimates of key statistics of iron and steel enterprises, the country produced a total of 32.7593 million tons of crude steel this decade, with a daily output of 2.9781 million tons of crude steel, a decrease of 0.12 percent from the previous month, an increase of 6.50 percent over the same period last year, and 27.7433 million tons of pig iron. Nissan pig iron 2.5285 million tons, an increase of 0.40%, an increase of 8.58% over the same period last year; The production of steel is 42.3954 million tons, and the daily output of steel is 3.7541 million tons, an increase of 0.48% from the previous month and 13.48% from the same period last year. The cumulative average Nissan this month was 0.36% lower than the previous year for crude steel, 7.35% higher than the same period last year, 0.34% lower for pig iron, 11.76% higher than the same period last year, and 0.66% lower for steel products, up 9.18% over the same period last year.

This decade, the key statistics are that the steel inventory of iron and steel enterprises is 12.3696 million tons, a decrease of 1.3555 million tons, or 9.88 percent, compared with the previous decade, and an increase of 2.8371 million tons, or 29.76 percent, over the beginning of the year.

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